The biblical Gospel of John casts itself as a memoir of "e;the disciple whom Jesus loved"e;--a mysterious figure who allegedly watched Jesus die on the cross and stepped into his empty tomb.
The biblical Gospel of John casts itself as a memoir of "e;the disciple whom Jesus loved"e;--a mysterious figure who allegedly watched Jesus die on the cross and stepped into his empty tomb.
In a pioneering monograph-length study of the theological journey of Moses ben Shemtov de Leon of Guadalajara--self-proclaimed "e;Light of the West"e; and presumed writer of the Zohar, the kabbalah's crowning literary achievement--Avishai Bar-Asher and Jeremy Phillip Brown reach bold new conclusions about the kabbalah's prominence in medieval Castile.
In Behind Ancient Bars, law professor and rabbinical student Hadar Aviram challenges the conventional assumption that incarceration is an artifact of modernity by looking back to depictions of detention and confinement in the Hebrew Bible.
In Behind Ancient Bars, law professor and rabbinical student Hadar Aviram challenges the conventional assumption that incarceration is an artifact of modernity by looking back to depictions of detention and confinement in the Hebrew Bible.
This book thoroughly examines Genizah fragments of Tractate Eruvin in the Babylonian Talmud from Cambridge University Library's Taylor Schechter collection.
A comprehensive study of the Mishnah that argues it manifests an implicit theory of what performing rituals accomplishesJews are known for having many ritual practices.
This book examines the presence and patterns of posttraumatic growth in selected biblical texts in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament to show how ancient Israelites interpreted trauma, particularly the fall of Jerusalem, and how these responses reshape biblical interpretation and theology.
This book examines the presence and patterns of posttraumatic growth in selected biblical texts in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament to show how ancient Israelites interpreted trauma, particularly the fall of Jerusalem, and how these responses reshape biblical interpretation and theology.
This comprehensive, textual treatment of the Kaifeng Passover Rite is a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion of the community's origins in particular and to comparative Jewish liturgy in general.
Finalist for the 2025 PROSE Award in Humanities: Theology and Religious Studies Some two thousand years ago, as the story goes, a rabbi named Yochanan makes the epitome of pragmatic gambles-wagering the entire fate of the Jewish people.
A comprehensive study of the Mishnah that argues it manifests an implicit theory of what performing rituals accomplishesJews are known for having many ritual practices.
